Intro: C G F C, 2x


C        G            F         C   
Remember walking with you by my side

C           G        F          C    
You were my Papa and I was your pride

C            G            F         C   
Now I've got children and I'm going grey

C           G              F          C  
No time for talking, I got nothin' to say


C            G            F         C   
Those Sunday dinners that we had at home

C              G                  F             C  
Now I've got a house and I've got friends of my own

C             G              F         C  
We can't do tomorrow what we did yesterday

C              G               F        C       
It's best that we're going our separate ways, OK


C           G           F          C   
How is your rheumatism (nothing to say)

C            G            F          C   
How are your chillblains (nothing to say)

C           G      F          C   
How's Aunty Mabel (nothing to say)

C      G           F          C      
So far Papa, I got nothin' to say, OK


F                   C             
Those happy days we spent together

F                          C           
We thought our world would never change

F               C         
How________ the days go by

F                            C    G
And things will never be the same  


C        G               F            C   
You keep pretending that everything's fine

C           G             F             C   
So you make small talk to help pass the time

C           G              F              C   
But all the words that you spit from your face

C         G                F          C  
Add up to nothin', you got nothin' to say


C             G     F              C   
How are those noisy neighbors next door

C            G            F           C    
I'll have to go soon 'cos I'm getting bored

C               G        F          C   
I gotta be home early to see a good play

C      G           F          C  
So far Papa, I got nothin' to say

     Now the verse chords are played over "La la la la-la, la-la la la,"


C           G               F          C   
How is your life insurance (nothing to say)

C           G            F          C   
How is your trade union (nothing to say)

C               G         F          C   
How is your Independence (nothing to say)

C      G           F          C  
So for Papa, I got nothin' to say